Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

In 2018, it was pointed out to Jansen that SQL was Turing complete, and so should be listed as a programming language on the index. Because it was used so much in databases, SQL returned to the ...

Maybe it's not the sexiest programming language, but SQL continues to be relevant. In fact, TIOBE Software, which publishes a TIOBE Programming Community Index gauging the popularity of programming ...